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6th June 2024

The role of transnational networks in Kurdish migration to t...

Zmkan Ali Saleem, Hayder Al-Shakeri
How the continued existence of transnational smuggling networks highlight current issues in addressing and tackling the drivers and sources of conflic...
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Research report

25th April 2024

Nimroz and Samangan: A comparative case study of shifts in A...

David Mansfield
New research by David Mansfield and Alcis explores the extent to which the Taliban has concentrated power in the hands of Pashtun fighters and how the...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies

Blog

16th April 2024

Green Mosul: how trees helped a city recover after conflict

Omar Mohammed
In this interview, Dr Omar Mohammed discusses the Green Mosul initiative, which was launched by the Mosul Eye Association in 2021 and leaves a legacy ...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

9th April 2024

Peripheral Vision: Trade Disruptions and Instability in Frag...

Kheder Khaddour, Azeema Cheema, Ahmed Musa, Tabea Campbell Pauli
Global trade and the transnational flow of people and goods can be negatively impacted by surging tensions or violence in fragile border regions. In t...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Working paper

27th March 2024

Tunisia’s transformation into a transit hub: Illegal migrati...

Hamza Meddeb
Several developments have contributed to Tunisia’s transformation into a transit point for African migrants, including its porous borders, inconsisten...
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Tunisia Middle East and North Africa Mali Horn of Africa and the Sahel Chad Migration Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

26th March 2024

A flashpoint looms in southern Syria

Armenak Tokmajyan
As the influence of the Assad regime and Russia declines, Iran is emerging as the main actor, which could provoke a major Israeli intervention.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Iran Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

22nd March 2024

Borders have undermined Syrian sovereignty

Kheder Khaddour
A forthcoming Carnegie paper will argue that to understand Syria’s future, we will have to focus on the country’s peripheries.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iraq Iran Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

21st March 2024

On Geopolitics: Sinjar – an arena for other conflicts?

XCEPT researchers from Chatham House discuss how the Sinjar region is ever-more entangled in regional conflicts, and consider what can be done to ensu...
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Article

21st March 2024

Lebanese dramas capture the moral quandaries of everyday lif...

Inna Rudolf
In Lebanon, the plotlines and entanglements portrayed on the small screen echo the truth of corrupt systems that work against the everyday Lebanese po...
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Article

21st March 2024

Why Iranian entrenchment in southern Syria worries neighbour...

Kheder Khaddour, Armenak Tokmajyan
The Syrian regime has struggled to govern Syria’s south, while the Ukraine war has weakened Russia’s influence, making both more reliant on Tehran and...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iran Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

27th March 2024

Changing the rules of the game: How the Taliban has upended ...

Join us on 27 March, 14:00 GMT to discuss changes to economic power in Afghanistan.
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Photo Essay

14th March 2024

Photo-essay: A week in Iraq

Inna Rudolf
In 2023, Dr Inna Rudolf, Dr Craig Larkin, and Dr Rajan Basra visited Iraq to understand more about the dynamics of the reconstruction process and to f...
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Blog

12th March 2024

An Iraqi path to prosperity?

Harith Hasan
In an interview with Michael Young, a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie’s Middl...
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Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Iraq Iran Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Working paper

11th March 2024

Iraq’s Development Road: Geopolitics, rentierism, and border...

Harith Hasan
For the Iraqi government to address sceptics’ views about the Development Road, it will need to focus on several key institutional reforms.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

29th February 2024

XCEPT Webinar with Chatham House: Niger’s coup and regional ...

On 29 February 2024, XCEPT partner Chatham House will hold a webinar focusing on Niger’s coup and regional security implications.
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